Dual antiplatelet therapy after cardiac bypass surgery is no more effective than acetylsalicylic acid alone and also increases the risk of serious bleeding. This is shown in a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet ...
Sep 1, 2025
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Noninferiority was not demonstrated between immediate and staged complete revascularization in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and multivessel disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention ...
Sep 1, 2025
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Three months of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) was associated with signals suggesting improved survival and lower bleeding risk than 12 months of DAPT, in a real-world all-comer population of patients with myocardial infarction ...
Sep 1, 2025
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A comprehensive analysis of nearly 29,000 patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) suggests that clopidogrel, a commonly prescribed blood thinner, is more effective than aspirin in preventing serious heart and stroke events, ...
Sep 1, 2025
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Scientists at the University of Augsburg have discovered a particularly active subgroup of blood platelets that may cause heart attacks in people with coronary heart disease despite drug therapy. This discovery may open up ...
Sep 1, 2025
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Measurements with a miniature camera inside the coronary arteries can accurately predict whether someone will suffer a recurrent heart attack. Until now, interpreting these images was so complex that only specialized laboratories ...
Sep 1, 2025
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Beta blockers—drugs commonly prescribed for a range of cardiac conditions, including heart attacks—provide no clinical benefit for patients who have had an uncomplicated myocardial infarction with preserved heart function. ...
Aug 30, 2025
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Biomedical engineers at Duke University have successfully conducted experiments to treat damage caused by heart attacks in nonhuman primates using gene therapy for the first time.
Aug 28, 2025
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Inflammatory bowel disease, in which the immune system attacks the gut, is a painful chronic condition that affects three million Americans. Rates of IBD are rising, and there's currently no cure. IBD can also be deadly: ...
Aug 25, 2025
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After a person survives a heart attack, the heart has a brief window of time in which it can heal if the right circumstances exist. But most of the time, scar tissue forms in the areas that lacked oxygen during the heart ...
Aug 25, 2025
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